Sammy J - Hedgehog
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Hey the chords aren't over the lyrics properly but they ARE on the right lines, have fun with it
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Intro: D,C as needed
Verse 1
DC
Jill was a girl, Jack was a guy
DC
One day they caught each other's eye
DCDC
And they went steady for two years
DCD
They'd spend their summers by the sea
CD
And they were happy and carefree
CDC
And for the future had no fears
Pre-chorus 1
D/AA/C#G/D
But Jack had a little secret
BC
He'd been keeping to himself very deep inside his soul
D/AA/C#G/D
He was ashamed, he was embarrassed
BC
Didn't want to jeopardise the loved they shared, oh not at all
Chorus 1
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Jack was... a hedgehog
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Nobody knew
GD/F#
He was a filthy little creature
A/C#D
But with one redeeming feature
CDG
He was quite good at impersonating a human
Verse 2
DCD
Well, Jack decided to tell Jill
CD
But he did not know how she'd feel
CDCD
So he made a hedgehog slice
CD
She said, "Jack, thank you for the food
CD
And I don't want to sound too rude,
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I don't think hedgehogs are nice."
Pre-Chorus:
D/AA/C#D
Then Jack was gutted and a tear rolled down his cheek
Csus2D
And Jill said, "Jack, I was joking. I love this chocolate treat.
BmC
It's just the animal hedgehogs that I despise."
CC6(repeat for this line)
And it was quite sad because she still had no idea that Jack
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was a hedgehog
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Yes, she had no idea
Post Chorus:
GD/F#
But he couldn't stand the shame
A/C#D
And he had to clear his name
CDG
So he organised to meet Jill down on Southbank
Am7CD
And he said, "Jill, I wanna tell you..."
N.C
She said, "Shh, I wanna smell you."
CDEm
He said, "Not the best idea."
CDEm
And he said, "Jill, I am a hedgehog."
CDEm
And she said, "Haha, silly. Well, give me a hedge-hug."
CDEm
And they held each other near
(Spoken Bridge All throughout in 8ves |C\\D\\|Em\\\\|)
But as they were hugging each other, Jill cut her hand up on one of the
spikes on his back. And she said, "Jack, what the fuck is this? You have
spikes on your back! And he tore away his trench coat, and he pulled off his
little mask and his snout popped out and she said, "Are you- you actually
are a hedgehog!" "Yes, I was trying to tell you, babe. I've been trying to
tell you for a week." "Four years, Jack, you've been keeping this from me!
Four years, you little crazy fuck! What were you doing? What were you
thinking!" And she picked Jack
GD/F#C/E
up, and she kicked him high into the air!
(Sung)
GD/F#C/E
Jack went flying through the air
D/F#
Like a big ball of hedgehog
D/F#
And all the while, he was singing:
GD/F#
"Goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend
C/ED/F#
You have been the one..."
(Spoken repeat |G\\\\|D/F#\\\\|C/E\\\\|D/F#\\\\|)
And after he'd done singing James Blunt's entire extended repertoire, two albums
to date, he came to rest through the
G
open window of a yellow taxi cab in Frankston.
(Sung)
AmG
Hedgehog in a taxi, will he pay the fare?
AmG
Hedgehog in a taxi, does the driver even know that he's there?
F
The driver did know he was there
G
And they charged Jack the fare
FG
But Jack disagreed with the two dollar fifty flagfall
Am
Hedgehog in a taxi, getting fiscal
G
Didn't like the driver, pulled a pistol
Am
Out shot the driver, couldn't revive her
G
You all thought that she was a man but she was a woman, you
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are sexist
Am
Hedgehog in a taxi, hedgehog on the run
G
There are twenty cops behind him but they know he's got a gun
Am
So he's gotta keep on going, petrol flowing
GF
But now he's been surrounded and he's slowing down
G
He's in an alleyway
F
The cops are are and they
G
Are just about to shoot
(Spoken - No Chords here apart from when appropriate play the chorus - |G\\Bm7\\|C\(rest for 3)|)
And then Jill came running in through the alleyway. She said, "Stop! Don't
shoot the little prick! Can't you see he's not man! He's just a hedgehog!"
But as she was playing the grand piano she'd wheeled into the alleyway for
dramatic effect, the policemen riddled Jack's little body with bullets and
then started playing soccer with his corpse. Final scores were Victoria
Police 3, Jack's corpse nil. Some say it was an unfair match. And all the
while, Jill kept on playing.
Interlude: Am,G,F,G
Outro (Sung)
AmG
In conclusion, it has been seen
FG
Don't pretend to be a human
AmG
In conclusion, it has been seen
FG
Some people who say they are a human might not actually be a human
AmG
In conclusion, it has been seen
F
Many of us are still heavily instructed by a dominant social paradigm that suggest
taxi driving is not an occupation for
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females
Coda:
FG (gliss up)
There might be a hedgehog in this room
FG (gliss up)
There might be a hedgehog in this room
FG (gliss up)
There might be a hedgehog in this room
(Am)
Ow! Prickly.